OnAking Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 (edited) Went down to my new land based spot X down south for a quick Kingie fish in the rain and being part disabled ATM due to my right arm being in a cast i was in for a fun day lol ... I have caught a few kings recently ranging to 80cm (All with one hand in a cast) so i was expecting something this trip. Caught a few yakkas and drifted them out, within minutes the first rod went off and a few secs later a little sambo. Whilst dehooking the fish my other rod screams.....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ the drag was singing and i knew i was in for a ride on 10lb gear ... this wasnt a lil king. I was convinced i was going to loose it so i told my brother to film the fight, first run was over 80m. After roughly 150m of line i finally begin to turn this beast, i had to use all my experience i9n fighting a king to have a chance to land this one...after 25mins i brought the king to the wharf and realised it wont fit in the net as i had relied on a friend to bring his gaff cause mine was at home...... Lucky for me the fish was spent and i was able to wash it up on the step Hi fives all round and i took a few photos then straight back into em... the fish was 1m long and 12kg in weight.. can't wait to land a 15kg LB king P.S dont crowd the popular spots as there are more kings elswhere just look for structure and u have more of a chance landing Big Kings where no one fishes Edited February 29, 2008 by OnAking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoshe Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Nice hoodlum there Onaking Must have been a fun fight..Is your brother gonna post the vid of the fight? Love to see it. Definitely FOTM contender too.(if it was indeed caught this month) Cheers, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caine Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 holy crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Soprano Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 (edited) Nice king That's one of the bigger one's I've seen come in from that spot. What weight leader were you using? Cheers Tony Edited February 29, 2008 by Tony Soprano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnAking Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 (edited) That's one of the bigger one's I've seen come in. What weight leader were you using? Cheers Tony 20lb leader mate Edited February 29, 2008 by OnAking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 mate well done, thats a stonker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STOCK Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 (edited) thats a nice one from that spot Edited February 29, 2008 by STOCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt11n@hotmail.com Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Great Fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well done!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Awesome mate Lucky it wasn't on a sunny weekend day.... you would have had to untangle about a dozen boats and swimming kids from your line afterwards. Top Fish, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King slayer Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 thats a nice one from that spot Does every one else know where this spot X is except me?? Love a hint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Rock Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Land-based on 10lb eh? That's gotta be a record. I haven't heard of metre + kingies being landed land-based on 10lb line before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnAking Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 Land-based on 10lb eh? That's gotta be a record. I haven't heard of metre + kingies being landed land-based on 10lb line before. hahah thanks ... i have landed a few this year on light ger including an 80cm 5kg on 4lb on a wharf too lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 A fine effort on 10lb!!! Are you sure you didn't leave a zero off?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanker Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Wow!!!! Can you please tell me where you position the hook on the yakka and how deep you put him in the water? Awesome fish!!! Spanker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA911 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Quality king there. Ausome stuff!!!! Cant wait till tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirost Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Great fish and it gives us LB fisho's a lot of encouragement. Cheers mr mojo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Great fish and it gives us LB fisho's a lot of encouragement. Cheers mr mojo Yep, Ditto. Congrats mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I dont remember me and greg getting a call to come fish?????? To much work and not enough fishing, top looking fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Solid king, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Came back in for a second look... nice photo editing. Hopefully you won't end up with quite so many people there next time. Even though you said you caught it a while ago, hope springs eternal and there's not limitless room for you at spot X. Still can't get over that fish... here are the rest of us with thousands of dollars worth of boats and downriggers and stuff all getting in raptures over 80cm fish and you put us all to shame... and on 10lb with all sorts of nasty stuff for the big beastie to tie you up in. Truly memorable catch!! Cheers again, Slinky PS. How do you edit one of your own posts after putting it up? I did the same thing with photos of some fish we caught a couple of weeks ago and wished I'd been a little more secretive but didn't know how to amend them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbielites Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 (edited) Click on the edit button at the bottom of your post See it down there on the right hand side Robbie. Edited February 29, 2008 by Robbielites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landbased Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 where are some good spots lanbased for a kingie? I have tried a couple of places but cant seem to get anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Duffell Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 WOW thats insane great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolan Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 (edited) Cheers again, Slinky PS. How do you edit one of your own posts after putting it up? I did the same thing with photos of some fish we caught a couple of weeks ago and wished I'd been a little more secretive but didn't know how to amend them. Sucker Slinky hehehehe Well done on the King mate! Edited February 29, 2008 by stumpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Beautiful looking fish. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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